The Fourth K

A Novel

Mario Puzo

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English

Ballantine Books Inc.
15 December 2004

Biography: general; Literature: history & criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Adventure

A PRESIDENTIAL DYNASTY. AN ARAB TERRORIST ATTACK. DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE. Mario Puzo

envisioned it all in his eerily prescient 1991 novel, The Fourth K.

President Francis

Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears- good looks, privilege, wealth-and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too

soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals,

he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before.

When his daughter becomes

a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory

of his uncles' assassinations, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of

violent measures. As the explosive events unfold, the world and those closest to

him look on with both awe and horror.

By: Mario Puzo
Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 172mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 261g
ISBN: 9780345476739
ISBN 10: 0345476735
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 December 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MARIO PUZO was born in New York and, following military service in World War II, attended New York’s New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, The Godfather, was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels, The Dark Arena and The Fortunate Pilgrim. In 1978, he published Fools Die, followed by The Sicilian, The Fourth K, The Last Don, Omerta, and The Family. Mario Puzo has also written several screenplays, including Earthquake, Superman, and all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards. He died in July 1999 at his home on Long Island, New York, at the age of seventy-eight.

Reviews for The Fourth K: A Novel

[A] CLASSIC PAGE-TURNER . . . THE FOURTH K HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN A THRILLER. - The Washington Post FAST-PACED, SATISFYING . . . FINE ENTERTAINMENT. - Los Angeles Times